highest assists for a single game in a nba game as 3rd season in the playoffs

Johnny Moore had the most assists by a player in a playoff game in his 3rd playoff, with 20 assists in Game 2 of the 1983 Western Conference Semifinals against the Nuggets.

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highest assists by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 3rd season in the playoffs

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Johnny Moore J. Moore	20	4/27/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	38	26	5	1	1	13	24	54.2	0	0		0	0		54.2	0	5	1	4
2	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	19	5/3/2010	BOS	@	CLE	45	13	4	2	0	5	10	50.0	1	2	50.0	2	4	50.0	55.3	1	3	6	4	+18
3	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	19	5/8/1970	NYK	vs	LAL	44	36	7			12	17	70.6				12	12	100.0	80.8				3
4	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	18	5/8/1994	ATL	vs	MIA	40	13	8	4	0	5	14	35.7	2	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	45.0	3	5	1	0
5	Mark Price M. Price	18	5/3/1990	CLE	vs	PHI	45	18	4	2	1	6	13	46.2	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	59.2	0	4	5	1
6	Fat Lever F. Lever	18	4/30/1985	DEN	vs	UTA	39	19	16	2	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		3	4	75.0	60.3	8	8	5	3
7	Johnny Moore J. Moore	18	5/8/1983	SAS	@	LAL	40	25	4	2	1	10	18	55.6	1	4	25.0	4	6	66.7	60.6	0	4	3	4
8	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	18	3/29/1964	CIN	vs	PHI		32	10			10	15	66.7				12	12	100.0	78.9				3
9	Deron Williams D. Williams	17	4/19/2009	UTA	@	LAL	45	16	3	2	0	4	14	28.6	0	4	0.0	8	8	100.0	45.7	1	2	3	3	-8
10	Johnny Moore J. Moore	17	5/18/1983	SAS	@	LAL	41	23	3	4	0	9	14	64.3	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	77.3			1	2
11	Johnny Moore J. Moore	17	5/15/1983	SAS	vs	LAL	43	21	5	3	0	9	19	47.4	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	52.8	1	4	2	4
12	Johnny Moore J. Moore	17	4/26/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	34	24	0	2	0	11	16	68.8	0	0		2	4	50.0	67.6	0	0	0	4
13	John Wall J. Wall	16	4/30/2017	WAS	@	BOS	39	20	4	1	2	9	20	45.0	1	5	20.0	1	2	50.0	47.9	0	4	8	1	-5
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	16	5/20/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	48	21	4	2	1	8	27	29.6	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	36.5	1	3	4	2	+1
15	Derek Harper D. Harper	16	4/30/1986	DAL	@	LAL	43	19	4	7	0	8	15	53.3	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	56.7	2	2	5	3
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	16	4/17/1986	DET	@	ATL	36	20	6	3	0	6	19	31.6	0	2	0.0	8	11	72.7	41.9	2	4	7	5
17	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	16	4/30/1985	MIL	vs	PHI	48	11	9	1	2	5	13	38.5	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	39.6	4	5	6	2
18	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	16	3/22/1964	CIN	vs	PHI		31	6			8	12	66.7				15	16	93.8	81.4				3
19	Trae Young T. Young	15	4/23/2023	ATL	vs	BOS	41	35	3	2	0	11	26	42.3	4	10	40.0	9	11	81.8	56.7	0	3	1	2	0
20	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	15	5/23/2021	PHI	vs	WAS	38	6	15	1	1	3	9	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	6	0.0	25.8	8	7	2	4	+18
21	Chris Paul C. Paul	15	4/24/2011	NOH	vs	LAL	44	27	13	2	0	7	14	50.0	2	4	50.0	11	11	100.0	71.7	2	11	5	2	+9
22	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	15	4/30/1995	BOS	@	ORL	42	20	2	2	0	9	17	52.9	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	57.3	0	2	3	5
23	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	15	5/18/1993	SAS	@	PHX	46	12	2	1	0	6	10	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	2	0	4	4
24	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	15	5/15/1993	SAS	vs	PHX	42	12	8	5	1	5	11	45.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.5	1	7	2	3
25	John Bagley J. Bagley	15	4/25/1992	BOS	vs	IND	43	35	4	2	0	11	21	52.4	1	1	100.0	12	12	100.0	66.6	2	2	3	3